Ha ha! ha ha! this World

doth Pass

Ha ha ha ha! this world doth pass
Most merrily, I'll be sworn;
For many an honest Indian ass
Goes for an Unicorn.

Farra diddle dino;

This is idle fino.

Ty hye! ty hye! O sweet delight!
He tickles this age that can
Call Tullia's ape a marmosyte
And Leda's goose a swan.

Farra diddle dino;

This is idle fino.

So so! so so! fine English days!
When false play's no reproach:
For he that doth the coachman praise,
May safely use the coach.

Farra diddle dino;

This is idle fino.

is a Boy

Love's god is a boy,

None but cowherds regard him,
His dart is a toy,

Great opinion hath marred him;

The fear of the wag

Hath made him so brag;

Chide him, he'll fly thee

And not come nigh thee.

Little boy, pretty knave, shoot not at random,

For if you hit me, slave, I'll tell your grandam.

Fond love is a child

And his compass is narrow,

Young fools are beguiled

With the fame of his arrow;

He dareth not strike

If his stroke do mislike:
Cupid, do you hear me?

Come not too near me.

LOVE'S GOD IS A BOY

Little boy, pretty knave, hence I beseech

For if

you,

you

you.

hit me, knave, in faith I'll breech

The ape loves to meddle

When he finds a man idle,
Else is he a-flirting

Where his mark is a-courting;

When women grow true

Come teach me to sue,

Then I'll come to thee,

Pray thee, and woo thee.

Little boy, pretty knave, make me not

stagger,

For if you hit me, knave, I'll call thee beggar.

only Treasure

Sweet love, mine only treasure,
For service long unfeigned
Wherein I nought have gained,
Vouchsafe this little pleasure,
To tell me in what part
My Lady keeps my heart.

If in her hair so slender,

Like golden nets entwined

Which fire and art have 'fined,

Her thrall my heart I render

For ever to abide

With locks so dainty tied.

If in her eyes she bind it,

Wherein that fire was framed

By which it is enflamed,

I dare not look to find it:
I only wish it sight

To see that pleasant light.

SWEET LOVE

But if her breast have deigned
With kindness to receive it,
I am content to leave it
Though death thereby were gained.
Then, Lady, take your own
That lives by you alone.